Los Angeles Times
TIJUANA, Mexico -- This city of broken immigrant dreams has rarely seen the likes of Elvira Arellano, the tough-talking deportee from Chicago.
And rarely has Tijuana welcomed a deported immigrant the way it has embraced Arellano this week.
Since Arellano was arrested in Los Angeles and returned to Mexico she's engaged in a whirlwind of public appearances where she's been heralded as a hero for defying U.S. authorities by taking sanctuary in a church.
In the United States, her yearlong battle made her a polarizing figure alternately viewed as an icon of immigrant rights or a selfish lawbreaker.
Posted by tyne at August 22, 2007